REPORTS OF NEW WHARF CONDITIONS ARE DISCREDITED
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Some surprise was caused along the Wellington waterfront by reports that it was the scene as from today of “a new system,” said to be designed to combat abuses of “spelling.” Officials of the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union remarked that they were not aware of the new system. Adjustments to conditions were constant and progressive, but they were inclined to the opinion that the reports referred to something which came into effect a few years ago. One official said his union was reported to have accepted a modified system of “spelling” involving a reduction of spelling to restricted hours in the mornings and afternoons for “smoko” purposes. “It is not a question of spelling as it is generally understood,” he said “For years, to my knowledge, the union went on record in opposition to ‘turn-abouts’ on any cargo. Smokos have been the practice for a long time now and all that has happened is that this long-standing practice has’ been officially recognised.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 October 1947, Page 4
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